One of democracy's most important allies is science. Learn in this new program how science (like capitalism and religion) is necessary for democracy but not sufficient.

The program traces the early history of both science and democracy in tribal societies on all continents. It stresses the importance of enduring ideas of western civilization that first arose in Greece, in Rome and in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Program explains how these ideas were profoundly modified in the western world's Renaissance, Reformation and Enlightenment when modern experimental science was born. Program explains why this is so important and often misunderstood today.